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Modern fairytales with Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe; Call Me by Your Name; Catalonian culture

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Writers Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe discuss their latest work and film director Luca Guadagnino talks about Call Me by Your Name. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Joanne Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Coe
Interviewed Guest:
Luca Guadagnino
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Delgado
Interviewed Guest:
Monserrat Roig de Puig
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Irvine Welsh's Performers, Bookshop economics, England Is Mine, CN Lester on Stone Butch Blues

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Irvine Welsh, bookshop economics, Morrissey's early years and CN Lester's Queer Icon Stone Butch Blues. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Irvine Welsh
Interviewed Guest:
James Daunt
Interviewed Guest:
Will Atkinson
Interviewed Guest:
Anita Sethi
Interviewed Guest:
CN Lester
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

This Cultural Life

Evelyn Glennie

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News Latin AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Africa

The world's leading classical solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and picks out some of the key influences on her artistic path. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Evelyn Glennie
Editor:
Robin Keam
Series Editor:
Timothy Prosser
Producer:
Edwina Pitman
Director:
Mark Ward

Last Word

Some of the most memorable lives of the past twelve months

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister and Economist Obituary editor Ann Wroe recall some of the most memorable lives of 2015, including a diver, a scientist and a singer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ann Wroe
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

David Hare, John Akomfrah, Liverpool Everyman Rep

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

David Hare on Denial, John Akomfrah, The Liverpool Everyman repertory company, and Fiddler on the Roof. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Hare
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Bodinetz
Interviewed Guest:
Melanie La Barrie
Interviewed Guest:
Elliott Kingsley
Interviewed Guest:
John Akomfrah
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Evans
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Darcey Bussell on Margot Fonteyn; Pevsner guides; Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo on Broadway; How to get a Christmas no 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Darcey Bussell on Margot Fonteyn; Pevsner architectural guides; Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo on Broadway; How to get a Christmas number 1. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman
Interviewed Guest:
Darcey Bussell
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Bradley
Interviewed Guest:
Susie Harries
Interviewed Guest:
David Rooney
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Wardle

Front Row

Tarell Alvin McCraney's Queer Icon; Romola Garai and Helen Edmundson on Queen Anne; Jamaica's Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney on Paris is Burning; Romola Garai and Helen Edmundson on the often overlooked Queen Anne. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Romola Garai
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Edmundson
Interviewed Guest:
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Pearman
Interviewed Guest:
Lorna Goodison
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Sadiq Khan, Jake Arnott, The Tale of Januarie opera

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on screening The Salesman in Trafalgar Square; Jake Arnott on novel The Fatal Tree; The Tale of Januarie opera based on Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sadiq Khan
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Arnott
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Plaice
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Philips
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Tom Hiddleston, This Country, Certain Women, Gustav Metzger remembered

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Hiddleston on Kong: Skull Island; Charlie and Daisy May Cooper on BBC3's This Country; Certain Women reviewed; Gustav Metzger remembered. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Edwina Pitman
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Hiddleston
Interviewed Guest:
Charlie Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Daisy May Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork

Front Row

Christian Slater and Sam Yates, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Ivor Wood

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Christian Slater and Sam Yates discuss the language of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. Plus the legacy of Children's TV animator Ivor Wood. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Christian Slater
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Yates
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Krizanovich
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Fawkner
Interviewed Guest:
Josiane Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Joseph Wallace
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Paul Weller, Duncan Macmillan on City of Glass, Catfight, My Feral Heart

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Paul Weller on composing his first film score, Duncan Macmillan on adapting Paul Auster, Catfight reviewed, magical realism in My Feral Heart. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Paul Weller
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Duncan Macmillan
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Brandon
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Gull
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Saxophonist John Harle, The Salesman reviewed, Singer-songwriter ESKA

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Harle on how to play the saxophone, highlights from London Book Fair, singer-songwriter ESKA on getting funding. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
John Harle
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hansen
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Snapes
Interviewed Guest:
Vanessa Reed
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Eska
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Damien Chazelle on La La Land; Bright Lights; David Bowie: The Last Five Years; Keggie Carew

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Damien Chazelle on La La Land; Bright Lights documentary starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds; David Bowie: The Last Five Years; Costa Biography Award winner Keggie Carew. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Damien Chazelle
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey
Interviewed Guest:
Francis Whately
Interviewed Guest:
Keggie Carew
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Barry Jenkins, The Witness For The Prosecution, Saint Joan, Meilyr Jones

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Director Barry Jenkins on Moonlight; Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution; Saint Joan at the Donmar Warehouse; Welsh Music Prize winner Meilyr Jones. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Barry Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Lauren Henderson
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Ashe
Interviewed Guest:
Meilyr Jones
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Loving, Hayley Squires, Nathan Hill

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Loving starring Oscar-nominated Ruth Negga is reviewed; actress Hayley Squires discusses I, Daniel Blake and Philip Ridley's play The Pitchfork Disney; plus Nathan Hill on The Nix. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hayley Squires
Interviewed Guest:
Gaylene Gould
Interviewed Guest:
Nathan Hill
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Simple Minds, Phantom Thread, Napoleon Disrobed, Alex La Guma

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Scottish rock band Simple Minds discuss their 40-year career and perform live in the studio. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Kerr
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Hunter
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Hunter
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsay Johns
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Tate Liverpool's Exploring the Unseen, Ben Okri and Joanne Harris, Fortnite Battle Royale, Universal Love album

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Writers Ben Okri and Joanne Harris discuss writing to be read aloud. Ken Simons talks about curating his own exhibition for Tate Liverpool. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Ken Simons
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Okri
Interviewed Guest:
Joanne Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Blain
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Robinson
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Backstage at Swan Lake, Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights, Kaffe Fassett

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Backstage at Liam Scarlett's production of Swan Lake, the short life of Emily Bronte and the impact of her only novel plus Kaffe Fassett on his latest exhbition. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Liam Scarlett
Interviewed Guest:
John Macfarlane
Interviewed Guest:
Marianela Núñez
Interviewed Guest:
Christine Alexander
Interviewed Guest:
John Mullan
Interviewed Guest:
Kaffe Fassett
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Playwright David Hare discusses his latest TV drama series Collateral. John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury on being joint winners of the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
David Hare
Interviewed Guest:
Alexandra Coghlan
Interviewed Guest:
Flora Willson
Interviewed Guest:
John Burningham
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Oxenbury
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

Front Row

Bob Geldof on WB Yeats, The Fifty Shades phenomenon, Julian Rowlands & the Santiago Quartet

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews, presented by Stig Abell. Musician Bob Geldof talks about A Fanatic Heart, his feature-length documentary about Irish poet WB Yeats. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Binns
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Rowlands
Producer:
Edwina Pitman